Wycarbah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wycarbah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Wycarbah, where 65.4% of families fit this description. The area has a very small typical household size and an absence of one-parent families. This creates a distinct family profile compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Wycarbah, Suburb / Locality

Where Wycarbah sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wycarbah — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wycarbah2.1
4702, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Wycarbah are smaller than usual, with a typical 2.1 people per dwelling. This is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia, which sit at 2.5.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Wycarbah, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 5 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

No one-parent families live here, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%. This is consistent with the local breakdown, where 50% of families are couples without children and 65.4% are couples with children.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wycarbah, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 43%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wycarbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33185/wycarbah/topic/family-households